GAY AGENDA
UNLEASHING QUEER VOICES THROUGH MENTORSHIP AND PRODUCTION
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UPCOMING
QUEER ELDERS
PROJECT
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The Queer Elders Project spans a calendar year, intimately capturing five workingclass queer and trans seniors from across North America. Navigating the challenges of health, personal expression, and affordability, they find balance in the joy of community, resilient spirits, and the hope that even in life's final act, there's always something to look forward to
OUTNOW
ANTI DIVA:
CAROLE POPE
CONFESSIONS
Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions is a bold, intimate, and darkly funny portrait of Carole Pope—Canada’s original queer rock icon, a taboo-shattering provocateur whose voice once echoed across radios, TV screens, and underground clubs and impressed David Bowie enough to be invited as his opener on his biggest world tour...
“Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions,” directed by Canadian filmmaker Michelle Mama, will open the 33rd edition of Hot Docs, which runs in Toronto from April 23 to May 3. The film spotlights queer rock icon Carole Pope
‘Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions’ to Open Hot Docs
“As one of the 30 Canadian films named as official selections, the festival will kick off on April 23 with the world premiere of Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions (pictured), director Michelle Mama’s profile of Canadian rock icon and Rough Trade frontwoman Carole Pope.”
“Antidiva: The Carole Pope Confessions” to kick off Hot Docs’ 2026
“When Michelle Mama, a rising star in Canada’s documentary firmament, first approached me about shooting a film based on my life and career, I was conflicted. Why a documentary about me? Sure, I’ve had a life. But do I need to see my aging mug on the big screen? ”
Carole Pope on the new doc Antidiva: 'I was so tired of being underappreciated as an artist'
“Founded in 2023, Toronto-headquartered Gay Agenda was launched by veteran unscripted producer/writer/director Michelle Mama — who served as an EP on last year's critically acclaimed feature doc Summer Qamp and on episodes of Canada's Drag Race, among many other projects”
Top 10 Emerging Indie Producers
“Toronto in 2024 had all the hallmarks of a city in transition—and it wasn’t just the endless construction projects. The people ahead were the agents of that change...”
50 Most Influential Torontonians of 2024
“Michelle Mama is an extraordinary force in nonfiction queer storytelling on Canadian screens. The daughter of Indian and Pakistani immigrants, Mama knows firsthand that embracing one’s queerness isn’t always a straightforward process. Having dealt with fears about how her parents would react when she came out..."
A CELEBRATION OF 101 GREAT QUEER ARTISTS
“From global superstars to behind-the-scenes power players, this year’s View the VIBE Power 60+ List celebrates a bold new wave of Canadian excellence. The 2025 list spans actors, CEOs, content creators, designers, philanthropists, pro athletes, media moguls, restaurateurs, and social change-makers—all making waves in their industries and communities...”
Vibe's Power 60 Most Influential Canadians
“Big companies are struggling right now. So small companies like ours can really be nimble and focus on a smaller slate of projects that are uniquely positioned to survive market and labor disruptions...”
Ontario Hoping for a Production Bounce
The Banff World Media Festival, an international conference on the state of film, television and digital content creation, takes place in Alberta from June 9 to 12.
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The company is launching with a slate of projects in various stages of development and production, including a documentary on the life of British-born, Canadian singer-songwriter Carole Pope.
Canadian Producers Michelle Mama and Bill Taylor team to form Gay Agenda
A total of $257,500 has been dispersed through the Hot Docs-Slaight Family Fund, Hot Docs Ted Rogers Fund and CrossCurrents...
READ MORE...Hot Docs reveals 2023 doc fund recipients
Canadian comedian Mae Martin is a self-proclaimed "nerd for science," so it's no surprise they're hosting an episode of The Nature of Things — television's longest-running science program.
READ MORE...Mae Martin explores the science of gender
Directors Gilles Doiron, Michelle Mama and Will Prosper honour Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards laureates in seven new NFB shorts...
READ MORE...NFB’s GGPAA collection to reach 119 films
